The proposed framework sheds light on the fundamental role that value propositions play in
service systems. Building on service-dominant logic from marketing and structuration theory …

Because of concerns that ongoing climate change could lead to a possible collapse of
human civilization, the topic of societal (civilization) collapse has emerged as especially …

Contractor argues that the coronavirus outbreak only had temporary effects on the global
economy, and that post COVID-19 globalization will resume. We posit that the pandemic will …

We develop a cultural evolutionary theory of the origins of prosocial religions and apply it to
resolve two puzzles in human psychology and cultural history:(1) the rise of large-scale …

Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-
relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including …

At the end of January 2011, Mubarak faced such a combination of long-, medium-and short-
term factors that he had no way to counter:(1) The explosive growth of the population of …

In flood risk assessment, there remains a lack of analytical frameworks capturing the
dynamics emerging from two‐way feedbacks between physical and social processes, such …

Charles Darwin changed the course of scientific thinking by showing how evolution
accounts for the stunning diversity and biological complexity of life on earth. Recently, there …

Since man first forged metal tools and started farming for his food, thus emerging from the
stone age, no event in human history has had a greater impact than the Industrial Revolution …

Vulnerability is complex because it involves many characteristics of people and groups that
expose them to harm and limit their ability to anticipate, cope with, and recover from harm …